WPMU media locations WPMU implements a URL rewrite for uploaded media so that the location of an uploaded file is given as http://www.example.com/files/2009/01/image.jpg, but the actual URL of the file is http://www.example.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/BLOG_ID/files/2009/01/image.jpg (where BLOG_ID is the ID of the blog in question). TimThumb problem The easiest way to specify the URL for a post image […]
Archives for 2010
A new look for kristarella.blog
kristarella.blog is getting a new look! I imagine some of you will be sad to see the old one go, judging from the compliments it’s received in the past year and a half (which I genuinely appreciate), but there are good reasons!
This Hipstamatic Life
When I first saw the Hipstamatic app in the top downloads in the iTunes App Store I thought, “Great… another photography app.” Then a friend showed it to me and I was a little more convinced, then I bought it and I love it! I love being able to catch moments without worrying if the […]
WordPress: Exclude child categories from category archives
A normal category page I don’t know if you’ve noticed: on a WordPress category archive page, posts from that category and all its child categories are displayed. I don’t know why. It’s not the behaviour I would have expected, and although it’s not necessarily a bad thing, I can understand that some people wouldn’t want […]
Edit EPS files in Inkscape on Mac
EPS files have their uses, for sure, but they seem to be a standard output of Adobe Illustrator, which is a bit sad, because Inkscape (the open source vector editor I use) can’t open them (without some hassle with ghostscripts or something). Recently I needed to change the colour of an EPS image and I […]
Custom bible reading plan
The goal Last year I decided to read the bible in chronological order (i.e., the approximate order that the books are set or written, not canonical order). I was doing well until I had surgery and then I wasn’t really able to read anything while in hospital. Then when I got out and recovered, my […]